(Updated) Getting Track IR working in IL2 FB
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2003 9:47 pm
Guide :Getting TIR set up in IL2 FB correctly
This a starters guide to getting TIR setup to work with IL2 FB, this is a guide and is based on my basic settings, once its working then I suggest that you
customize the X & Y settings to something you feel comfy with.
First make sure you are running the latest version of the Natural Point TIR softwear.
NOTE (Im using the latest beta v2.11_04 in these screen shots but all setting up is excactly the same)
You can get the public beta here
http://www.trackir.com/files/NaturalPoi ... eta_04.exe
Ok now open the program and set it up like the 4 screens below, these are good settings to start off with, you can then ALTER them later on to
suit your self and your flying style. Also you may have diffrent keys mapped to the TIR functions just make sure you remember them, other than that use the settings I use to start of with.
Set the Main Tab up like so make sure that F8 is showing "trackIR Enhanced" mode
Motion Tab: On this page set all setting as below in the picture, I have used a motion preset of "Deadzone" as this will give you some deadzone around the center of the cockpit so your head movmnets wont be going all over the place.
The default smoothing is set at 75 but I find around 120 mark better so to start of move it up there remember these are settings to start off with once we know TIR is working within the game you can play around with some of these settings.
Tracking Tab: Make sure you are sitting in the position you sit for flying and you are sitting still (its very important to be sitting still) adjust the TIR unit so that the dot is in the middle and tracking well, im sitting at 2.5 feet away from my TIR unit to get a dot like this and it tracks well for me I use a 4 point clover style of overlayed dots that you can see in the last picture in this post, you can see that the dots are enclosed by a green box which means they are being tracked ok, also in this window you shouldnt have any red boxes if you do it means other light sources are being tracked by your TIR unit. Later on when its all working fine go back and read the manual to see what the settings do on this screen as they can help filter out unwanted light and erratic movments.
Profiles Tab: This is the important one and its where it all comes together you will see now that you need to save your profile to a name that you wish to call it like I have in the picture, so go on SAVE it now.
Now also make sure that under the "Select a Game" pick IL-2 Fogotten Battles is highlighted and pick your saved profile to Autoload and make sure the radio button is blue. Once this is all done like the below screen shot finally make sure that the F8 mode (or whatever key you assigned) is still showing "trackIR Enhanced" (<---VERY IMPORTANT) now minimise the TIR softwear to the taskbar DO NOT leave it open as it will suck CPU power and cause bad FPS in IL2 FB ok were finished now fire up IL2 FB, once you are in the cockpit hit F12 to center the view and it should be working ok, if its not you may have pressed the F8 key by mistake and put it back to "Mouse Emulation mode" or you may have switched it off by the F9 key.
My tracking dots setup
If you cant get it to work still then maybe it is not setup in Il2 FB correctly, go into your IL2 FB folder and open the Config.ini file and look for these lines
[rts]
;ProcessAffinityMask=1
mouseUse=2
joyUse=1
trackIRUse=1
DisableIME=0
locale=
Make sure there is a 1 by the line "trackIRUse" if a 0 is there then its been disabled.
Notes
1: The F8 key toggels between Mouse Emulation & trackIR Enhanced mode, if you are in mouse emulation mode it will not work when you are in the cockpit of a IL FB plane. (IL2 FB uses TrackIR Enhanced Mode only)
1a: Do not confuse the diffrent areas on the Profiles tab, the list under "Profiles" are all the diffrent profiles that you the user have created for you use within games, the "Select A Game" section are the games listed by the TIR developers to have the new Absolute mode support built into the game (FS2002 does not appear here as it uses the old custom.dll file system). The "select A Profile to Auto-Load" box enables you to pick from any of your Profiles on the left for a game listed in the Select a Game section and have that profile load when you start one of the supported games. If you do not select to auto load a profile to a game that uses TrackIR Enhanced mode then it will pick the last one you used or created (thansk to Letterboy1 for this info)
2: Do NOT leave the TIR softwear open as it will suck about 15% of your CPU power, minimise it before you enter ANY game you use TIR with
3: When you start the TIR softwear up it allways starts up in Mouse emulation mode and the Motion tab will allways start you editing in Mouse Emulation mode you will need to set the radio switch to the trackIR Enhanced mode to edit your settings for IL2 FB (these 2 items are being fixed in a later release)
4:Being able to pan 360 degress in IL2 FB is something Oleg released in IL2 FB, it was not put in by the people here at TIR, there is a registry entry that can switch TIR from using view limits off & on in the latest beta of the TIR softwear.
Hope this helps some of you
Discclaimer
I do not work for Natural Point im just helping others get started with there TIR unit
[ July 25, 2003, 05:20 AM: Message edited by: Hotdognz ]
This a starters guide to getting TIR setup to work with IL2 FB, this is a guide and is based on my basic settings, once its working then I suggest that you
customize the X & Y settings to something you feel comfy with.
First make sure you are running the latest version of the Natural Point TIR softwear.
NOTE (Im using the latest beta v2.11_04 in these screen shots but all setting up is excactly the same)
You can get the public beta here
http://www.trackir.com/files/NaturalPoi ... eta_04.exe
Ok now open the program and set it up like the 4 screens below, these are good settings to start off with, you can then ALTER them later on to
suit your self and your flying style. Also you may have diffrent keys mapped to the TIR functions just make sure you remember them, other than that use the settings I use to start of with.
Set the Main Tab up like so make sure that F8 is showing "trackIR Enhanced" mode
Motion Tab: On this page set all setting as below in the picture, I have used a motion preset of "Deadzone" as this will give you some deadzone around the center of the cockpit so your head movmnets wont be going all over the place.
The default smoothing is set at 75 but I find around 120 mark better so to start of move it up there remember these are settings to start off with once we know TIR is working within the game you can play around with some of these settings.
Tracking Tab: Make sure you are sitting in the position you sit for flying and you are sitting still (its very important to be sitting still) adjust the TIR unit so that the dot is in the middle and tracking well, im sitting at 2.5 feet away from my TIR unit to get a dot like this and it tracks well for me I use a 4 point clover style of overlayed dots that you can see in the last picture in this post, you can see that the dots are enclosed by a green box which means they are being tracked ok, also in this window you shouldnt have any red boxes if you do it means other light sources are being tracked by your TIR unit. Later on when its all working fine go back and read the manual to see what the settings do on this screen as they can help filter out unwanted light and erratic movments.
Profiles Tab: This is the important one and its where it all comes together you will see now that you need to save your profile to a name that you wish to call it like I have in the picture, so go on SAVE it now.
Now also make sure that under the "Select a Game" pick IL-2 Fogotten Battles is highlighted and pick your saved profile to Autoload and make sure the radio button is blue. Once this is all done like the below screen shot finally make sure that the F8 mode (or whatever key you assigned) is still showing "trackIR Enhanced" (<---VERY IMPORTANT) now minimise the TIR softwear to the taskbar DO NOT leave it open as it will suck CPU power and cause bad FPS in IL2 FB ok were finished now fire up IL2 FB, once you are in the cockpit hit F12 to center the view and it should be working ok, if its not you may have pressed the F8 key by mistake and put it back to "Mouse Emulation mode" or you may have switched it off by the F9 key.
My tracking dots setup
If you cant get it to work still then maybe it is not setup in Il2 FB correctly, go into your IL2 FB folder and open the Config.ini file and look for these lines
[rts]
;ProcessAffinityMask=1
mouseUse=2
joyUse=1
trackIRUse=1
DisableIME=0
locale=
Make sure there is a 1 by the line "trackIRUse" if a 0 is there then its been disabled.
Notes
1: The F8 key toggels between Mouse Emulation & trackIR Enhanced mode, if you are in mouse emulation mode it will not work when you are in the cockpit of a IL FB plane. (IL2 FB uses TrackIR Enhanced Mode only)
1a: Do not confuse the diffrent areas on the Profiles tab, the list under "Profiles" are all the diffrent profiles that you the user have created for you use within games, the "Select A Game" section are the games listed by the TIR developers to have the new Absolute mode support built into the game (FS2002 does not appear here as it uses the old custom.dll file system). The "select A Profile to Auto-Load" box enables you to pick from any of your Profiles on the left for a game listed in the Select a Game section and have that profile load when you start one of the supported games. If you do not select to auto load a profile to a game that uses TrackIR Enhanced mode then it will pick the last one you used or created (thansk to Letterboy1 for this info)
2: Do NOT leave the TIR softwear open as it will suck about 15% of your CPU power, minimise it before you enter ANY game you use TIR with
3: When you start the TIR softwear up it allways starts up in Mouse emulation mode and the Motion tab will allways start you editing in Mouse Emulation mode you will need to set the radio switch to the trackIR Enhanced mode to edit your settings for IL2 FB (these 2 items are being fixed in a later release)
4:Being able to pan 360 degress in IL2 FB is something Oleg released in IL2 FB, it was not put in by the people here at TIR, there is a registry entry that can switch TIR from using view limits off & on in the latest beta of the TIR softwear.
Hope this helps some of you
Discclaimer
I do not work for Natural Point im just helping others get started with there TIR unit
[ July 25, 2003, 05:20 AM: Message edited by: Hotdognz ]